Juche 2.0: How North Korea Uses The Web To Promote Its Ideology



Features Juche 2.0: How North Korea Uses The Web To Promote Its Ideology Online games, websites and business portals all help define importance of Unification to Koreans at home and abroad Gianluca Spezza April 2, 2013 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON NK News What are North Korea’s most treasured ideological values? How does the country manage to preserve them while simultaneously maintaining the idea of being the ‘better Korea’ among Korean communities in neighboring countries? And how does the North compare with the South in terms of its government produced online content? With Juche 2.0, NK NEWS starts a journey into the world of North Korean websites. Today’s topic: Unification (통일, Tong Il). As North Korea continues to consolidate its online presence, we are increasingly able to see exactly how the DPRK seeks to promote its culture and ideology © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update & Podcast Updates Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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Juche 2.0: How North Korea Uses The Web To Promote Its Ideology

Online games, websites and business portals all help define importance of Unification to Koreans at home and abroad

Gianluca Spezza April 2, 2013

Juche 2.0: How North Korea Uses The Web To Promote Its Ideology

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What are North Korea’s most treasured ideological values? How does the country manage to preserve them while simultaneously maintaining the idea of being the ‘better Korea’ among Korean communities in neighboring countries? And how does the North compare with the South in terms of its government produced online content? With Juche 2.0, NK NEWS starts a journey into the world of North Korean websites.

Today’s topic: Unification (통일, Tong Il).

As North Korea continues to consolidate its online presence, we are increasingly able to see exactly how the DPRK seeks to promote its culture and ideology

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Gianluca Spezza

Gianluca Spezza earned his PhD in 2017 from the University of Central Lancashire under the supervision of Professor Hazel Smith, on the strength of research on the cooperation between UNICEF and the DPRK in education and childcare. Dr Spezza is an assistant professor of international relations and a senior researcher at the DPRK Strategy Center at KIMEP University in Almaty, Kazakhstan; he is writing a monograph on education, international cooperation, and human capital in North Korea (Palgrave 2021). His work on the DPRK, articles or interviews, can be found, among others, on the websites of the BBC, The Guardian, The Diplomat, IRIN News, NK News, DR.dk, Newsweek Korea, and El Confidential.

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